MSU women knocked out of MVC tournament
Wichita State overcame a nine-point, second-half deficit behind another standout shooting effort against the Missouri State Lady Bears to post an 80-75 victory in the quarterfinal round of the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Freshman Jessica Diamond's 21 points led all scorers and helped the Shockers record their third win of the season over [...]
Central Missouri Jennies knocked out of D-II tourney
After being down by 14 points heading into halftime, the Central Missouri Jennies basketball team outscored Washburn, 45-39 in the second half. Even with that great stanza the Jennies fell 72-61 in the NCAA-II South Central Regional today in Canyon, Texas.This was UCM’s first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since the 2005-06 season where the [...]
Billikens Out of A-10 Tourney
It is one and done for the Saint Louis University Billikens as they lose in the quarterfinal round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament to Rhode Island. Saint Louis will now have to wait and see, if and when they will continue playing basketball in a post season tournament.The Billikens would take an early 3-0 lead [...]
Blues Continue Push For Playoffs
16 games left in the season, and six points out of the last playoff spot in the NHL's Western Conference. That is the position the St. Louis Blues find themselves in as they get ready for games tonight in Columbus and tomorrow night in Minneapolis.The Blues find themselves in a familiar position as the season [...]
Spring break is over. Tough budget decisions ahead.
Governor Nixon has proposed trimming an additional $500 million from the Missouri State Budget. Missourinet News Director Bob Priddy talks with Darin Jobe about the implications of the cuts. Bob also gives a plug for Ron Powers, a prominent author and biographer. Ron will be visiting MU’s campus next week for a 3 day [...]
Missouri’s worst schools spotlighted
The state has compiled a list of Missouri's 52 worst schools.Forty-nine of those schools are in the St.Louis and Kansas City metro areas. Three of the Kansas City schools are among those the school board voted earlier this week to close. The three outstate schools are Caruthersville Middle School, The Colgan Alternative Resource Center in [...]
Missouri State’s Garrison finishes season in “Stiles”
Casey Garrison has been named 2009-10 Jackie Stiles MVC Player of the Year. The sophomore guard was honored at the league's awards ceremony Thursday on opening night of the State Farm MVC Tournament at The Family Arena.Garrison becomes the sixth Missouri State player to receive Valley MVP recognition. A sophomore from Bolivar, Mo., Garrison led [...]
Blues get past Islanders in a shootout
T.J Oshie and Brad Boyes scored for the Blues in the overtime shootout and Chris Mason made both of his saves to give St. Louis to a 2-1 win over the Islanders on Thursday night in New York. Oshie has now scored on 50% of his shootout tries going 7 for 14 in his career.The [...]